Inaugural Benefit Concert Features World-Renowned Jazz Musician/Composer David Amram with Shem's Disciples
Presented by Beth Abraham Family of Health Services
Concert benefits the Institute for Music and Neurologic Function at Schnurmacher Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing. Celebrating the new partnership of Schnurmacher with IMNF, which brings to White Plains IMNF's international renown as a leader in clinical music therapy research, treatment and education.
Date: Wednesday, May 7, 2008
Time: Concert at 8:00 PM, Reception follows.
Place: The Arts Exchange (31 Mamaroneck Avenue, White Plains)
Tickets: Ticket price is $50.00. To purchase tickets, please contact Teresa Simonetti at (914) 287-7208 or tsimonetti@bethabe.org.
Purpose: Funds raised through this concert will support expanded music therapy services and related research and education for patients at Schnurmacher Center. Music therapy can help alleviate pain, enhance memory, improve speech and communication, promote physical recovery, improve sleep, express feelings and enhance mood.
Artist Profiles:
David Amram has composed more than 100 works for orchestra and chamber music, and scores for Broadway, films, and operas. Mr. Amram plays jazz French horn, piano, flutes and whistles, percussion, and folkloric instruments and is an improvisational lyricist. He has collaborated with numerous artists, including Leonard Bernstein, Dizzy Gillespie, Langston Hughes, Dustin Hoffman, Thelonious Monk, Willie Nelson, and Arthur Miller.
Shem's Disciples is the brainchild of percussionist, multi-instrumentalist, composer, arranger, and music therapist at Schnurmacher, Marlon Sobol, accompanied by his brother Aaron, a clarinetist and hip-hop lyricist. The Sobol brothers have assembled a sizzling band and created a fusion of sound and culture that makes for an electrifying live experience.
About:
Institute for Music and Neurologic Function (IMNF)
Through the scientific explorations of music and the brain, the Institute for Music and Neurologic Function seeks to establish new knowledge and develop more effective therapies which awaken, stimulate and heal through the extraordinary power of music.
Schnurmacher Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing
Schnurmacher is a leading not-for-profit 225-bed skilled nursing facility offering short-term and long-term care. Through a special clinical alliance, it collaborates with Burke Rehabilitation Hospital to provide unparalleled quality in rehabilitative care.
The IMNF and Schnurmacher Center for Rehabilitation and Nursing are not-for-profit organizations and members of Beth Abraham Family of Health Services (BAFHS). BAFHS is a leader in providing residential, home and community-based long-term care for the frail elderly, chronically ill and disabled residents throughout the New York metropolitan area. For more information, please call 888-BETH-ABE (888-238-4223) or visit www.bethabe.org.
